Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz

Diocese of Mainz Dioecesis Moguntinus
Mainz Cathedral
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Freiburg
Metropolitan	Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Statistics
Area	7,692 km2 (2,970 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	796,562 (28.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4th Century
Cathedral	Mainz Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Martin of Tours
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Karl Lehmann Bishop of Mainz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Robert Zollitsch Archbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary Bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr
Map
Website
bistum-mainz.de

The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. The seat of the diocese is in Mainz at the Cathedral dedicated to Saints Martin and Stephen.

Bishops of Mainz, 1802-present

• Joseph Ludwig Colmar 1802-1818
• Joseph Vitus Burg 1829-1833
• Johann Jakob Humann 1833-1834
• Petrus Leopold Kaiser 1834-1848
• Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler 1850-1877
• Paul Leopold Haffner 1886-1899
• Heinrich Brück 1900-1903
• Georg Heinrich Kirstein 1903-1921
• Ludwig Maria Hugo 1921-1935
• Albert Stohr 1935-1961
• Hermann Volk 1962-1982
• Karl Lehmann 1983-

Affliated bishops

• Werner Guballa, auxiliary bishop 2003-2012
• Ulrich Neymeyr, auxiliary bishop 2003-

External links

•  "Mainz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.